ICYMI: Reward Offered for Buckhead Home Invasion Crew Arrests

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Buckhead residents are putting up a $25,000 reward for information that can lead police to a group of home invasion suspects who have set up in the area.

According to WSB-TV, the reward was established in the aftermath of two frightening and allegedly related home invasions in Buckhead in January and May.

A couple walked into their home on Randall Mill Road on the evening of Jan. 31 anddiscovered an armed man inside. The man forced the couple to surrender jewelry and other valuables, then made them get into a car, WSB-TV said.

The man sat in the back seat with the robbed woman, and forced the other man to drive the car to an ATM on Northside Parkway. There, the robber made them withdraw cash from their bank accounts before dropping him off at a nearby street corner, WSB-TV reported.

While exiting the vehicle, the robber’s skull cap got stuck inside the door and was left in the vehicle. Police have recovered the vehicle and the skull cap and are hoping there is some evidence that can point them to a suspect.

CBS Atlanta reports that the robbers broke into a home on Paces Ridge Road Northwest near Mount Paran Road at 9:30 p.m. on May 25 and discovered a man, his wife, and their three children inside. The robbers allegedly covered the family’s heads with towels and held them at gunpoint while they pillaged the home.

11 Alive News reports that one of the suspects took the man to an ATM and forced him to withdraw $200. The suspects allegedly warned the homeowner that they would return in a matter of hours and hurt his family if he did not have more money for them.

The homeowner told police that he recognized one of the suspects, 11 Alive reports. Police describe the suspects as black males, one standing between 6’ and 6’3”, and the other standing between 5’8” and 5’10”. Both were wearing white Nikes, police told reporters. WSB-TV reports that the stock suspect is reported to have a short mohawk, while the thinner suspect has short dreadlocks and a light goatee.

Police are hopeful that the suspects’ faces were caught on the ATM’s surveillance camera, and are asking nearby residents and businesses to check their surveillance camera tapes to see if they caught any of the suspects in action.

If you have information on this case, please contact Crime Stoppers Greater Atlanta by calling 404-577-TIPS (8477), texting “CSA Tip” to CRIMES (274637), or by submitting a tip online. All tips can be made anonymously.